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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Nov 4, 2024 23:21:45 GMT
It's that classic low budget horror thing of "your imagination makes it worse than anything we could possibly show you". All you need is the sound.
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Post by Dougs on Nov 5, 2024 6:57:58 GMT
Isn't it subtitled? Might be tricky if you don't speak Spanish!
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Post by brokenkey on Nov 5, 2024 8:07:24 GMT
Piece by Piece 8/10 for the first 95% of it.
Farrell William's life story, a documentary played out in lego. It's historical accuracy is a little bit questionable, because according to this in his early years (the 90s presumably), people are driving round in lego 2019 Toyota GR Supras.
It's very good, I learned lots about someone who I only know from 2 hit songs, I had no idea about his producing background. Features lots of people you will have heard of. It does dribble off towards the end, something the film itself acknowledges, and I would have liked them to shave off 5 minutes so that I didn't miss the start of....
Heretic 8.5/10
A nice spin on annoying religious evangelists. Recommended.
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Post by mikeck on Nov 5, 2024 16:49:33 GMT
Managed to finish The Coffee Table yesterday, that was something else. Very hard to discuss without giving anything away, but very much a film to go in completely blind. The major moment at the beginning happens off-screen (though you see the aftermath) which I very much appreciated as there was no need to indulge in such a visceral moment, and then the rest of the film is a masterclass in raising tension. The pace is deliberately slow building to a climax that is so impactful in many ways. I can't imagine how the actors prepared themselves for where it ends up going, as it's bleak as fuck. Always hard to recommend a film like this, but it's so well crafted and I think an essential watch if you don't mind uncomfortable subject matter. I've just finished In a Violent Nature which I've been keen to watch since it started getting film festival buzz. I think I love the premise way more than the film itself, but it's a decent watch and doesn't overstay its welcome - there are some super gory moments, and one death in particular is pretty inventive (and extremely gruesome). (Can you tell I've just signed up to Shudder again  ) |
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Post by Whizzo on Nov 5, 2024 17:26:44 GMT
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin - Netflix
A rather moving documentary about the life of a Norwegian man with a form of muscular dystrophy that slowly takes away his ability to do very much but play WoW while his family thinks he had no friends and was living a very lonely life only when they access his blog to announce his death do they find out they had him completely wrong.
It's a great achievement, told using family video, long animated sequences and interviews with his family and online friends.
Very much worth watching, it may provoke someone to cut onions somewhere close to wherever you watch it though.
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Post by Tomo on Nov 5, 2024 17:51:10 GMT
Think collectively we might be keeping Shudder in business this month. Good work FG!
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Post by Tomo on Nov 5, 2024 20:50:52 GMT
Heretic - 8/10 Wordy. But thoroughly enjoyable. Hugh Grant is _amazing_. Wachowskis should've cast him as The Architect. He can fucking talk and talk and theorise and talk and talk, and it doesn't want to make you claw your eyeballs out. Found this a lot more tense than The Coffee Table last night. Quality (and admittedly budget) shone through. The jump scare towards the end with the spinning camera and box cutter shit me up real good  |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 5, 2024 21:44:24 GMT
Heretic - 8/10 Wordy. But thoroughly enjoyable. Hugh Grant is _amazing_. Wachowskis should've cast him as The Architect. He can fucking talk and talk and theorise and talk and talk, and it doesn't want to make you claw your eyeballs out. Found this a lot more tense than The Coffee Table last night. Quality (and admittedly budget) shone through. The jump scare towards the end with the spinning camera and box cutter shit me up real good Having also seen it not too recently I echo some things here. It was more talky than I imagined it would be tbh, that's not a bad thing in principle but the pre release material doesn't really create that impression |
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Post by Tomo on Nov 5, 2024 22:23:44 GMT
Someone said a few pages back that it's an A24 and not Blumhouse production which is a good indicator.
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Post by Whizzo on Nov 5, 2024 22:31:36 GMT
Someone said a few pages back that it's an A24 and not Blumhouse production which is a good indicator. /waves |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Nov 6, 2024 9:31:03 GMT
Unforgiven
It's probably the best movie Clint ever directed, but it wasn't quite as perfect as I remembered it being. It's pretty slow going for most of the movie, and the Schofield Kid really sucks.
But that final 30 minutes... wow. I'd watch that again and again.
8/10
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Post by dfunked on Nov 6, 2024 9:33:11 GMT
I keep meaning to watch the Japanese remake of that. Ken Watanabe is pretty much the ideal replacement for Eastwood.
It's such a great film. Firmly in my top 10.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Nov 6, 2024 10:08:00 GMT
I’ve been channelling my inner Partridge and did a mini Bond marathon over the last few days. Just the Daniel Craig ones. Here are my thoughts:
Casino Royale 6/10. The novelty is gone and what is left is an overlong film which doesn’t gel. The card game is silly, the bad guy and his bad plans are oddly prosaic and dull, and the whole last half hour in Venice is tacked on rubbish. Plus Bond is such a sap. ‘Look, I named my cocktail after you Vesper, look my password is your name, notice me Vesper!’ Puerile.
Quantum of Solace 6/10. Featuring the world’s most unsafe hotel and a really engaging performance from the bad guy, but somehow it’s a 90 minute film that manages to drag in the middle. Crying waste of Mathis as well. At least to me it feels like a Bond film.
Skyfall 8/10. A great film in its own right and might be the very best Bond film of all. I love that they do the Samus bait-and-switch of showing us 10/10 Bond firing on all cylinders and then strip away all his abilities and gadgets and leave him having to build up from scratch. CGI is shonky and it features the first ‘DC’s Bond is immortal’ trope which gets worse and worse in the next films, but otherwise it’s really exciting and nicely balances being gritty and silly. Sam Mendes managed to capture the look of London in the winter perfectly too.
Spectre 4/10. A QoS repeat in that all the loose ends were tied up in the last film so they needed to make more loose ends. I’m not a fan of the ‘we’re so secret you’ve never heard of us’ lampshading either. Overblown and too far into fantasyland and the jokes are getting really corny by now. Plus the ending makes no sense (unless you want to subscribe to the ‘Bond was lobotomised’ theory).
No Time to Die 3/10. Jurassic Park with Land Rovers and a child as a main character, plus DC is way too old and hench, he looks like a wrestler. Not my Bond.
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Post by brokenkey on Nov 6, 2024 10:39:37 GMT
Casino Royale has the best theme tune though.
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Post by zisssou on Nov 6, 2024 10:48:05 GMT
Nah I'm sorry Casino Royale is great. Anyway I guess this is TERRIBLE opinions. So it is a pass.
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Post by clemfandango on Nov 6, 2024 10:49:05 GMT
I’ve been channelling my inner Partridge and did a mini Bond marathon over the last few days. Just the Daniel Craig ones. Here are my thoughts: Casino Royale 6/10. The novelty is gone and what is left is an overlong film which doesn’t gel. The card game is silly, the bad guy and his bad plans are oddly prosaic and dull, and the whole last half hour in Venice is tacked on rubbish. Plus Bond is such a sap. ‘Look, I named my cocktail after you Vesper, look my password is your name, notice me Vesper!’ Puerile. Quantum of Solace 6/10. Featuring the world’s most unsafe hotel and a really engaging performance from the bad guy, but somehow it’s a 90 minute film that manages to drag in the middle. Crying waste of Mathis as well. At least to me it feels like a Bond film. Skyfall 8/10. A great film in its own right and might be the very best Bond film of all. I love that they do the Samus bait-and-switch of showing us 10/10 Bond firing on all cylinders and then strip away all his abilities and gadgets and leave him having to build up from scratch. CGI is shonky and it features the first ‘DC’s Bond is immortal’ trope which gets worse and worse in the next films, but otherwise it’s really exciting and nicely balances being gritty and silly. Sam Mendes managed to capture the look of London in the winter perfectly too. Spectre 4/10. A QoS repeat in that all the loose ends were tied up in the last film so they needed to make more loose ends. I’m not a fan of the ‘we’re so secret you’ve never heard of us’ lampshading either. Overblown and too far into fantasyland and the jokes are getting really corny by now. Plus the ending makes no sense (unless you want to subscribe to the ‘Bond was lobotomised’ theory). No Time to Die 3/10. Jurassic Park with Land Rovers and a child as a main character, plus DC is way too old and hench, he looks like a wrestler. Not my Bond. I’d agree with all of that except skyfall, that’s worse than all the others. Terrible terrible movie about Judi dench for some reason |
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Post by rhaegyr on Nov 6, 2024 10:53:25 GMT
I thought LBs take on Casino Royale was off the mark but that take just obliterated it.
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Post by Gruf on Nov 6, 2024 10:56:30 GMT
I keep meaning to watch the Japanese remake of that. Ken Watanabe is pretty much the ideal replacement for Eastwood. It's such a great film. Firmly in my top 10. Oh, did not know that was a thing, I'm gonna find that, even though I was not as high on the original as others, but you know, Ken Watanabe  |
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Post by zisssou on Nov 6, 2024 10:56:41 GMT
Skyfall is WORSE? I'm sorry guys, but this is too much.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Nov 6, 2024 10:59:40 GMT
Yeah Jesus, I can't process that at all
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Post by zisssou on Nov 6, 2024 11:06:55 GMT
I mean I'm not the biggest Daniel Craig Bond fan, but if I were to pick two films, that would be Casino Royale and Skyfall.
Anyway this has reminded me, that I was going to rewatch all the Brosnan Bond films.
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Post by wunty on Nov 6, 2024 11:28:17 GMT
Skyfall isn't just a bad Bond film. It's a bad film in general.
Although No Time To Die wins for the worst DC Bond film.
In fact all of DC's films are shite.
All of Brosnan's films are shite as well apart from Goldeneye which is just fantastic.
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Post by wunty on Nov 6, 2024 11:28:43 GMT
Saying that, I don't think I like James Bond films. So there is that.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Nov 6, 2024 11:30:27 GMT
I don’t really like Skyfall either. It’s boring as shit.
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Post by Binky on Nov 6, 2024 11:31:05 GMT
They are all crap, they really are.
I enjoyed the old 80s stuff back when that was all that was played on the TV at Xmas and Easter, but really they're not good.
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Post by rftp on Nov 6, 2024 11:32:42 GMT
I don't like Bond films, either. I mean, the cheesy ones at a family Xmas as a kid were ok, but otherwise, nah.
I haven't seen the Brosnan or Craig ones.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Nov 6, 2024 11:32:57 GMT
I think Daniel Craig is my least favourite Bond tbh. The films are all a bit guff.
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Post by Dougs on Nov 6, 2024 11:34:04 GMT
I mean I'm not the biggest Daniel Craig Bond fan, but if I were to pick two films, that would be Casino Royale and Skyfall. Anyway this has reminded me, that I was going to rewatch all the Brosnan Bond films. This is where I'm at. Btw, don't rewatch Brosnan. They have not aged well, including Goldeneye, which I loved on release |
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Nov 6, 2024 11:34:53 GMT
Just about beaten by Brosnan, as at least GoldenEye has some decent 90s memories attached.
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Post by Dougs on Nov 6, 2024 11:35:21 GMT
I think Daniel Craig is my least favourite Bond tbh. The films are all a bit guff. Staid, for the most part. Or boring to some people. Still love me some Bond though. |
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